Right-wing Group Offered Greek Patriarch $4.5m for Jerusalem Property - and Ended Up Paying a Fraction

Greek Orthodox Patriarchate appealed to the High Court that the properties' sale prices were not unreasonable and that it had not been proven that Ateret Cohanim bribed church officials to advance the deals

A right-wing organization that promotes Jewish settlement in Arab parts of Jerusalem agreed to purchase a building from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate over a decade ago for nine times the amount that it...

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